The Daily Populous

Wednesday August 2nd, 2017 day edition

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A North Texas wedding photographer has been awarded a $1.08 million defamation verdict against a married couple who the jury found posted false statements in a social media campaign after being unhappy about a surprise fee.

A Dallas County jury found Friday that social media posts made by Neely and Andrew Moldovan against photographer Andrea Polito amounted to.

In an interview with NBC 5 in January 2015, the Moldovans said that Polito's office manager told them unless they paid the fee for a cover their photo album would be forfeited.

In the 2015 interview with NBC 5, Moldovan argued "An album comes with a cover.

The Moldovans said in 2015 some of the comments, or "likes," attributed to them were actually coming from fake profiles.

“Neither of us ever hoped her business is ruined, nor do we even want that,” Andrew Moldovan said in 2015.

Jurors found the Moldovans liable for defamation, disparagement, and civil conspiracy, and awarded punitive damages. »

It’s not for politicians to tell the public they don’t need encryption

Authored by tech.newstatesman.com

The Home Office strategy here may be to persuade internet companies to take action by telling them that ordinary people don’t care about security.

Whatever the reasons people want secure communications, it is not for the Home Secretary to tell the public that they don’t have any real need for end-to-end encryption.

Measures that deeply affect everybody’s privacy, freedom of expression, and access to information must not be decided behind closed doors. »

Earth's 2017 resource 'budget' spent by August 2: report

Authored by phys.org

Earth Overshoot Day will arrive on August 2 this year, according to environmental groups WWF and Global Footprint Network.

Description of Earth Overshoot Day, the date at which humanity's use of natural resources exceeds what the planet can regenerate in that given year.

While coming earlier every year, the advance of Earth Overshoot Day has slowed down, said the statement. »

Bees Are Bouncing Back From Colony Collapse Disorder

Authored by bloomberg.com
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The number of hives lost to Colony Collapse Disorder, a phenomenon of disappearing bees that has raised concerns among farmers and scientists for a decade, was 84,430 in this year’s first quarter, down 27 percent from a year earlier.

“We check for mites, we keep our bees well-fed, we communicate with farmers so they don’t spray pesticides when our hives are vulnerable.

Colony Collapse Disorder “isn’t really a disease, it’s a way to describe something that happens,” May said. »